Safeguarding and stakeholders

The good news is that a range of organisations including the Blackdown Hills National Landscape, Bristol Zoological Society, South West Crayfish Partnership, South West Water, Wildwood Trust and Wild Planet Trust have been working over the last number of years to ensure WCC do not become extinct in Devon.

Crayfish conservation

Culm Community Crayfish project (2018-19)

Devon ark site project (2019-2022)

Creedy Catchment Crayfish Conservation Project (2022-2023)

Saving Devon’s Native Crayfish (2023-present) – this Natural
England funded project is establishing a crayfish hatchery at
Wildwood Devon and will create a new crayfish ark site in
2024.

Water quality improvements

Through the work of the Creedy Catchment project a steering
group has been established to ensure water quality issues are
addressed in the Creedy catchment.

Through the Connecting the Culm project, the Blackdown Hills National Landscape is leading work to ensure water quality improvements are delivered in the Culm catchment.

These water quality initiatives are supported by organisations
including the Environment Agency, Catchment Sensitive
Farming, South West Water, Mid-Devon District Council, Forestry
England and West Country Rivers Trust.